Portable guy clamp



9 1939- Flw. COFFING 1,769,332 PORTABLE GUY CLAMP Filed May 14. 1928 I INVENTO-KL"; 1 FPEBR/CK W Corn/vs:

ATTORNEY).

. Patented July 1, 1930 i FREDRIGIiW. Corrine, on nnnrwsvrnnn, INDIANA- PORTABLE g am i Application filed May 14,

This invention relates to a wire clamp and portable vice. j

The chief object of this invention is to provide a tool that can be held in one hand and readily manipulated by the other when asso- I ciated with a pair of wires for drawing the same together.

The chief feature of the invention consists in the formation of the vice by a pair of rela lotively movable. aws, one of which constitutes a shaft bearing fora thread upon which the other is mounted, the latter having a tongue and slot or groove connection forconfined movement toward and away from the other jaw. V g 7 r The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawing and the following description and claims:

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view 7 portions for drawing the same together. Fig- 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through V the device. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional viewtaken on line 33 of Fig. 2 and in the view of the handle end of the-vise. V p In the drawings 10 indicates a suitable post or anchorage about which is wrapped a wire ll having a loop portion 12. and the free end 13. In mounting wires upon fencing and the like, it is'gcustomary to loop the wire about the anchorage and secure it by a clamp 14. After the wire has been pulled taut to as great an extent as possible by a suitable wiretightening or tensioning device, the loop around anchorage 10 is twisted toincrease the tension and take up the last remainlng slack. This is doneby' gripping the two ends of the loop where they meetanddraw ing the same together. The present device is intended to be employed for that purpose.

After the loop has been closed by drawing the. ends. together an additional clamp is added to maintain the wire in the tautened condition. i

and 3 includes a tube 15 having an elongated slot. 16 substantially throughout its length. The tube 15 at one end forms a bearing for of the device associated with apair of wire.

direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 isjanend Thedevice shown particularly in Figs. 2 V

the body portion17 of ascrewshaft 18 hav- 1928.? Serial no." 277,749. g

ing a bearing on the opposite end as at and an extended and'reduced threaded portion' -2O whi'ch'mounts a wasl1er j21 and a nut 22 On the opposite end the screw shaft projects and .isftransversely apers 'tured as-at 23and mounts a ke -24 which secures anfang'ular rod25 forming a handle for rotating the screwshaft 18. Cotter key '24 inaddition to 'seating in a notch 125 of the handle and extending through the open- '60 ing 1242'l11il16 shaftjzincludes aneyeportion 40' which mounts 'a ringll wherebythevise 3 can be snappedon to a linemans belt. I A wire clamp jaw 26'hasa tongue portion 7 27 mounted within. the tube15 and extending through the slot 16 thereofand the same is V apertured and threaded as at 28 within the 1 tube for threaded engagement'with the screw shaft-18. Rotation of .the screw'shaftby the handle 25, th'erefore,*will cause axialreciprocation of the aw relative to the screw shaft. lhis j aw 2'6, therefore,=p approaches and recedes from the stationary jaw 29=which {is also mounted withinjthe tubeand includes an axial openin'gBOfOrmingfa bearing for the .75 f bearing portion 19 of. the screw shaft. To

secure' rigidity a pin 3lfextendsthrough the.

ptu'be'iand the stationary -jawand locks these j artsgtogethenq 1 l It will bejapparen't' thatrotation ofthe'so handle25 will cause the jaws to separate'relativeto each other a suflici'ent distance to receive adjacent endslof, the loop 11 and .113 which will seat inthe curved portions 32 of the jaws: Oppositerotation of the handle 25 will cause said wires to approach each other as the jaws approach each other and after they have been secured in substantially abut table relation the wireclamp may be placed 1 upon them and rigidly anchored and then the so invention released from the wires. V I In addition tothe'aforesaid utility the de-' of acting as a small vise, hand operable and supported .and'also readily. portable. 1

The tube hereinis shown provided with an a and the tube adjacent the end 17 includes, a

retaining ring 117that is slidably received,j Q

vice, it will be apparent, willalso be capable J upstanding flange 116 at each edge of the slot f V tube is then flared laterally as at 119 to lock the collar 117 in position and in retaining relation to prevent opening of the tube. V

The invention claimed is:

1. In a portable vise the combination of a V main body of the vise made of a metal sheet 7 arranged in tube form with an elongated slot extending substantially from end to end, one end being closed and forming a shaft bearing, the slot being widened at and by the edges being extended outwardly from the tube to brace the latter and forming a relatively deep guiding passageway therebe-' tween, a movable jaw extendinginto the tube with its passageway confined portion reduced, said jaw and extension projecting laterally upon both sides of the passageway and within the tube and above the passageway, another jaw receivable by the open' end of the tube forclosing the same, means extending through the last mentioned jaw and the spaced tube sides for securing the same together, and a shaft rotatably mounted in the tube and having threaded connection with the tube receivable extension of the movable jaw for moving the same. I

2. A device as defined by claim 1 characterized by the shaft extending through the tube .and projecting at opposite ends beyond the same, a shaft anchorage on one projecting end, and ashaft rotatinghandle on the opposite end.

3. In aportable vise thecombination With a stationary j aw support, a movable j aw moving member extending therethrough and projecting beyond the same, and an actuating 'member extending transversely through the projecting portion, said members adjacent the connection including registering apertures, of a cotter key vhaving afcircular eye 7 and seatable in the apertures and projecting beyond with its free ends turned laterally for securing the members together, and a ring providing a substantial loop swivably sup Y ported by the cotter key In witness whereof, I fixed my signature.

eye portion. have. hereunto af- FREDRICK w. coFFI'NeQ Q 

